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Old 01-19-2009, 07:12 PM
 
Location: Twin Cities
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Ethel is one of my favorites!!!
YouTube - There's No Business Like Show Business
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Old 01-19-2009, 07:13 PM
 
Location: Houston, Texas
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That site you gave sucked but I looked June Christy up on youtube. Sure she has a nice voice. Maybe she wasted such a nice voice on Jazz though.

She was popular in the 50s. Im surprised so many so far know of her. I didn't till now.
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Old 01-19-2009, 07:31 PM
 
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Amy Lee has a beautiful voice.
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Old 01-19-2009, 07:33 PM
 
Location: Over Yonder
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As far as female artists go, I have always liked Sarah McLauchlan.
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Old 01-19-2009, 09:26 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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Julie London at her best:
YouTube - Julie London "Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast"

Especially, that last verse . . .

that was nice.....
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Old 01-19-2009, 09:48 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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For me it's a tie between Sade and Skye Edwards formerly of
Morcheeba.
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Old 01-19-2009, 09:53 PM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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Jane Birkin --- Je t'aime moi non plus

Nothing else comes close. She actually fakes an O---there was a rumor that it wasn't fake. Banned by the BBC and in a lot of countries.


YouTube - Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je t'aime moi non plus

A few honorable mentions:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygctbqBijFk


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcDoijrf5eQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61uVHd8OL6Y


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mpqXu0z3wU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9U6URQSF6U


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKNlG9yWW6w

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Old 01-19-2009, 10:00 PM
 
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That site you gave sucked but I looked June Christy up on youtube. Sure she has a nice voice. Maybe she wasted such a nice voice on Jazz though.

She was popular in the 50s. Im surprised so many so far know of her. I didn't till now.
Unfortunately, a lot of good stuff is missing on YouTube--including the Christy tunes I mentioned. As for "wasting a nice voice on jazz"--well, jazz can be some of the hardest stuff to sing--especially some of Pete Rugolo's charts. He himself said this about June Christy:

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She was wonderful. Sometimes I’d listen to the playbacks and wonder "My God how did she ever do it?" I’d write all these crazy introductions, insert modulations, write wild endings and nothing ever bothered her. She was fast too. We used to get four recordings done in three hours, and sometimes we made albums together we did them in three sessions. She was amazing, and very lovable. For all of us working together in the studio it was like one great big, happy family.
Interestingly, June Christy never learned to read music.

PS--To hear her swinging side, try this: http://www.last.fm/music/June+Christy/_/Easy+Street . Oh, and the trumpeter who solos on this was a very young Maynard Ferguson--long before he spent a couple of decades leading his award-winning jazz band.
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Old 01-19-2009, 10:12 PM
 
Location: Vermont / NEK
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This is a great thread! June and Julie and Jane - oh my!

Here's a voice along the lines of Jane Birkin. Almost a whisper, but still it tugs at my heart whenever I listen to Claudine Longet.


It's Hard To Say Goodbye
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Old 01-19-2009, 10:16 PM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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Frequently, if a song disappears from YouTube, you can run a search for the same title, and it will be back on under a new URL.
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